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No. 483,864. Patented Oct. 4, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD F. POOLEY, OF MEDIA, ASSIGNOR TO POOLEY BROS, OF PHILA- DELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA.

DESK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 483,864, dated October4, 1892.

Application filed .Tune 9, 1892. Serial No.-4=36,141. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD F. POOLEY, of Media,in the countyof Delawareand State of Pennslyvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Desks; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in desks.

The object of the invention is to improve certain details in theconstruction, whereby a very simple and durable means is provided forautomatically operating the slides of a lid-desk by means of themovement of the lid.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction and incombinations of parts, more fully described hereinafter, andparticularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of thedesk with a portion broken away. Fig. 2 is an elevation with one side ofthe desk removed. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the connecting-link.

In the drawings the reference-letter a indicates a desk provided withswinging lid or cover I) at its inner edge, hinged to the front or outeredge of the desk-shelf or table 0 to swing up against the top of thedesk and close the same or to swing down to the horizontal position,forming a continuation of the shelf. Supporting-slides d are provided tosupport the lid in its horizontal position. These slides move in ways inthe desk beneath the ends of the shelf and opening through the deskfront beneath the lid. The slides are connected to the lid to beautomatically operated The ends of the shelf are formed with slots fover the slides and which extend almost to, but not through, the frontedge of the shelf. From the front ends of said slots f recesses g extendthrough the front edge of the shelf. These recesses are of the same orgreater depth than the width of the links e. The shoulder h, preferablyinclined, is formed at the junction of each slot f and recess g.

Recesses or seats i i are formed in the ends of the lid corresponding toand forming continuations of the recesses g gin the desk-shelf. Eachslide is provided with a side recess j, in which a headed pin or screw7r, secured in the slide, is located.

The links e at their outer ends are pivoted to the ends of the lid atthe outerends of the seats or recesses therein. The inner ends 1 of thelinks are bent downwardly, as shown, so that their inner edges 2 3 formsuch an angle as to respectively and snugly fit the bottoms of recessesin the lid and shelf and the shoulders 71 when the lid is lowered. Theinner extremities of the links are provided with h0oks4 to removablyengage the headed pintles is. These hooks 4. open through the rear sidesof the links, so that the links can be attached or detached to theslides after they have been properly located by raising the links (withtheir outer ends free) until their bent ends assume asubstantially-horizontal position and then dropping the hooks on orraising them from pintles It. This is a most simple, quick, and easy wayof attaching the links when constructing the desks, as the slides haveto be first placed in position without the links. By reason of thepeculiar shape of the links, when the lid is dropped the links drop intothe lid and shelf recesses flush with or beneath the surface of said lidand shelf, automatically drawing out the slides. It is obvious how thelid and links automatically operate the slides. By this ar rangement thetop of thelid and shelf remain smooth and even and the lid is secured tothe slides by the links alone without intervening construct-ions.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a desk, the combination of the shelf having the end slots and therecesses from the front ends of said slots through the front edge of theshelf and the intermediate shoulders at the junctions of said shelfslots and recesses, the lid having recesses forming continuations ofsaid shelf-recesses, the slides be neath the shelf and having siderecesses, and the links at their outer ends pivoted in said lid-recessesand having the bent inner ends pivoted in said recesses of the slides,said links being so shaped as to fit in said recesses flush with thesurfaces of the lid and shelf when the lid is lowered, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a desk, the combination of the shelf having the end slotsterminating in recesses extending through the front edge of the shelfwith inclined shoulders formed at the j unctions of the slots andrecesses, the slides having side pintles, the lid having recessescorresponding to said shelf-recesses, and the links pivoted in saidlid-recesses and having the bent inner ends, the inner edges formingsuchan angle as to fit said recesses and shoulders so as to lie flush withthe shelf and lid, the inner ends of the links being pivoted to saidpintles, substantially as described.

3. In a desk, the combination of the shelf having end slots andrecesses, the horizontal reciprocating slides in the desk beneath saidshelf and having headed pintles on their sides, the lid hinged to saidshelf, and the links at their outer ends pivoted to the lid and hav-EDWARD F. POOLEY.

Witnesses:

FRANK B. STOCKLEY,

EDWIN O. NEVIN.

